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Greenware (1)

Noun

greenware ‎(usually uncountable, plural greenwares)

1. (ceramics, usually uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
   • 1991, Irene Wittig, The Clay Canvas, ISBN 080198016X, page 9:

     Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.

2. (ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
   • 1983, Yaw Lu and Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, ISBN 9971837269, page 5:

     Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.

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• earthenware
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